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// Station · 25m ago

KIPL

Imperial County Airport
CAT
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING
T/Td 43.9°C / 16.1°C
ALTIM 29.74 inHg
ELEV -54 FT
32.8354°N / 115.5740°W
LOCATION · Imperial, US
N
WIND
calm
KIPL · -54 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 21Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
44 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.74"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KIPL 252153Z AUTO 10SM 44/16 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP071 T04390161 PWINO $

KIPL · day 25 at 21:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 44°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends
14 HDG 140° CALM 5,308'
32 HDG 320° CALM 5,308'
08 HDG 080° CALM 4,501'
26 HDG 260° CALM 4,501'
Pattern altitude: 946 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +29°C

3,600FT
+3,654 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV-54 FT OAT+44°C ISA DELTA+29°C PRESSURE ALT123 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KO26 (Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport, Lone Pine, elev 3,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+36%
-25%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+25%
-16%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+14%
-11%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 22,118 FT KIPL ELEV · -54 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL22,118 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:13ZSUNRISE
19:45ZSOLAR NOON
02:17ZSUNSET
02:43ZCIVIL END
CURRENT22:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:43Z (4h 24m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE23:28Z MOONSET12:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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